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The wind was strong and the rain was heavy, but the foreigner held up one hand to protect a small gift in the other.

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To demonstrate how valuable the gift is to him.

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Poet's tone in the lines about a Mississippi beach photograph:

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Nostalgic

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Figurative language in paragraph 2: “tails flipping up to gleam like wands in sunlight” illustrates the...

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Magical beauty of the otters.

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The leather soles of my shoes felt insecure and slippery on the rungs. The author's use of 1st person point of view--

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allows the reader to identify with Jimmy's vulnerability

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Line suggesting Alejandro's sensitivity to others' feelings:

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And she looks a lot worse than she did yesterday, he didn't say.

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In the 1940s, there were no secure lines; all communication was public. This highlights the need for an unbreakable secret code.

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establish a need for an unbreakable secret code

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Inughuits believed they were the only inhabitants until John Ross's 1818 expedition discovered them.

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emphasize how geographically and culturally isolated the Inughuits once were.

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Bees find unknown flowers in unmapped areas. The speaker is--

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awestruck by nature

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Quotation illustrating the author's yearning for connection:

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I desired their instruction-- as if, by watching them, I might learn to belong somewhere as they so thoroughly belonged here.

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Helping Others to See: After the presentation, all generations discuss how to apply the values. A Ball to Roll Around: At Overbrook School for the Blind, I created a variation of baseball called groundball. The quotations are similar in that they both discuss...

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an activity that depends on group participation